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OverviewThe forgotten private lives of history's most famous gay architects Homosexuality is still a taboo subject in architectural history. When historical architectural personalities have lived outside the heterosexual norm, their private lives are readily shrouded in obscurity. As long as penal laws endured, social existence was constantly threatened, and hiding was a necessity. Defensive strategies were needed to protect themselves. To track down these outsiders of the past, historical sources must be read queerly. This volume brings together 35 portraits of gay architects from the Baroque era to the modern age in North America, Europe and Palestine, presenting surprising biographies, admirable houses and, not infrequently, intelligently designed refuges with which the protagonists protected their private lives. Featured architects include: Stanford White, Ralph Adams Cram, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Bruce Goff, Charles Moor, Lionel Pries, Barry Dierks, William Alexander Levy, Paul Rudolph, Horace Gifford, Luis Barrag�n, Geoffrey Bawa, Horace Walpole and more. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wolfgang Voigt , Uwe BresanPublisher: Wasmuth Imprint: Wasmuth Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9783803023780ISBN 10: 3803023785 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 14 March 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsVoigt and Bresan are not concerned with demonstrating a particular gay design style in the selection of illustrations in their book...The research for the book not only revealed architects with a penchant for style, decor, elegance and surface who gratefully correspond to the gay cliche, as they put it, but also the structive architect, the socially committed urban planner, and others.--Ulf Meyer World Architects Voigt and Bresan are not concerned with demonstrating a particular gay design style in the selection of illustrations in their book...The research for the book not only revealed architects with a penchant for style, decor, elegance and surface who gratefully correspond to the gay cliche, as they put it, but also the structive architect, the socially committed urban planner, and others.--Ulf Meyer World Architects Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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